This photo provided by Rithvik Reddy shows passengers aboard Etihad Airways Flight EY 183 who where stuck on the tarmac for 12 hours. Hundreds of air travelers landed in San Francisco, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, safe but irritated after a 28-hour overseas flight they say included 12 hours on a tarmac in the Middle East without food or accurate flight information. (AP Photo/Rithvik Reddy)

Many of us have experienced flight delays and airplane inconveniences but imagine being stuck in a plane for more than a day.

That was the scenario for hundreds of passengers stuck on an Abu Dhabi tarmac for 12 hours over the weekend, making what would have been a 16-hour Etihad Airways flight to San Francisco last a nightmarish 28 hours. The according to the Associated Press.

Passengers said the flight crew told them the airport was too crowded with other stranded flights to allow them to get off the plane to wait. The angry passengers took to social media to vent that they were not given food or information about the flight.

Etihad Airways Flight 183 finally landed at San Francisco International Airport, according to CBS San Francisco. The passengers were safe, but hungry and irritated.

"Everybody was fighting with each other, and the flight attendants were fighting with us, and we were fighting with the flight attendants," passenger Venkatesh Pahwa told the AP.

Etihad, a national airline of the United Arab Emirates, released a statement saying:

"Today in Abu Dhabi we have experienced extraordinary weather conditions which have caused severe disruption to our flights. Etihad Airways is working around the clock to restore flight schedules and to ensure that guests can travel as soon as possible. Normal change or cancellation fees will be waived."

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